USE OF GOVERNMENTAL DEFINITIONS
§ 23.221. Governmental definitions.
The following governmental definitions are suggested for use in drafting amendments to the Statutes:
Commonwealth agency—An executive agency or independent agency.
Commonwealth government—The government of the Commonwealth, including the courts and other officers or agencies of the unified judicial system, the General Assembly and its officers and agencies, the Governor and the departments, boards, commissions, authorities and officers and agencies of the Commonwealth. The term does not include political subdivision or municipal or other local authority or an officer or agency of the political subdivision or local authority.
Executive agency—The Governor and the departments, boards, commissions, authorities and other officers and agencies of the Commonwealth government. The term does not include a court or other officer or agency of the unified judicial system, the General Assembly and its officers and agencies or an independent agency.
Executive department—An executive agency or independent department.
Executive establishment—An executive agency or independent establishment.
Government agency—A Commonwealth agency, political subdivision or municipal or other local authority or an officer or agency of the political subdivision or local authority.
Government unit—The General Assembly and its officers and agencies, a government agency or a court or other officer or agency of the unified judicial system.
Independent agency—A board, commission, authority or other agency or officer of the Commonwealth government which or who is not subject to the policy supervision and control of the Governor. The term does not include a court or other officer or agency of the unified judicial system or the General Assembly and its officers and agencies.
Independent department—The Department of the Auditor General, the Treasury Department and the Office of Attorney General and the departmental boards, commissions and officers of any of them.
Independent establishment—A board, commission, authority or other agency or officer of the Commonwealth government which or who is not subject to the policy supervision and control of the Governor. The term does not include a court, the General Assembly or an independent department.
Local authority—A municipal authority or any other body corporate and politic created by a political subdivision pursuant to statute.
Municipal corporation—A city, borough, incorporated town or township.
Municipality—A county, city, borough, incorporated town or township.
Municipality authority or municipal authority—A body corporate and politic created pursuant to the act of June 28, 1935, (P. L. 463, No. 191), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1935, or to the act of May 2, 1945 (P. L. 382, No. 164), known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.
Political subdivision—A county, city, borough, incorporated town, township, school district or county institution district.
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